billsmith12345

There are some items that are definitely a savings off regular prices, but honestly if you take away the cheap laptops and old movies for $3, nothing is truly a great deal. Seems like slightly better deals than regular sale ads.

I agree, do your homework and stick with a brand name. You get what you pay for.

Of course they source their parts from different companies, however, it only increases or decreases where the TV will fall into the upper quality spectrum. A $10k Pioneer top of the line has different quality parts than a Pioneer TV in the mid-range, but both are good quality. The point being Pioneer has chosen good quality parts and good manufacturing techniques for their entire product line. If you mean that lower priced models by major brands are similar in quality to lesser known brands I would ask you why major brands sell so much more and have better quality ratings. Don't believe me, google JD Power and go into electronics and HDTV's, you'll see proof. I challenge you on your belief that just because one Panasonic model is good that others made by Panasonic may not be. Go into any store and compare the provided TV signal to an entire line of one size TV (say 32"). You'll see the lower end models are less bright, have less features and are simply inferior. Then look at major brands and you'll see slight differences among them, but overall are better quality. Oh, one more thing. I can't leave your LG comment alone. Stating that changing your name and overhauling your procurement and manufacturing processes doesn't make a difference is ridiculous. Hyundai used to be synonymous with garbage - now they are just as expensive as Toyota and Honda and have high quality ratings. Verizon Wireless used to get its rear-end handed to them by other carriers' call quality and service, now it rivals AT&T. Fugifilm cameras used to be garbage, now they are rated higher than Cannon.

Here's some insight for those of you who may be interested in HDTV's - I bought that Olevia 32" last year from CC and ended up returning it. It was not good quality. Six months passed and I ended up going for a CC 32" Panasonic, which has been great. 2 HDMI's, Component, S-Video plus it picks up free HDTV local channels from Cable TV. From my research and experience - Phillips is ok, but I've read about a lot of repairs to those. Samsung does not retain aspect ratio of 4:3 - which means that if you have standard non-HD cable (which most of you do) and adjust the picture to aspect ratio of 4:3 so the image looks a little better, it won't keep the setting. Samsungs are very weird that way. I've seen reviews of Vizio being really strong, but I was hesitant to buy a brand that hasn't been around long enough to know if it has a good reputation. I liked Sony, LG and Panasonic. Another lesson learned - what you see in the store show rooms is a 1080-i broadcast. From what I understand, 1080-i is very very high quality. When you plug your tv in at home don't expect it to look like that. Regular standard cable or even satellite tv signals don't always look great on these big, bright HDTV's. I pick up free HD local channels - NBC, FOX, etc and those look great. Standard cable channels, even digital standard cable, are not going to look wonderful, but acceptable. Anyways - for this year, I'd suggest most of you go with the name brands you know and trust - the CC Sony 32", CC Panasonic 42", BB Panasonic 42". Polariod's, Westinghouse's, etc. might buy you a couple years, but you'll wish you had spent a little more. Especially if you play video games and DVD's.